Safety-razor-blade holder.



J. RAYCROFT.

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FlLED SEPT-20.19 8- Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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JOHN RAYGBOFT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 01E ONE-HALF T0 3AM YClR-OFT, 0F, JBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN RAronor'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield. and 'State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Razor-Blade Holders, of which the following is a specification. l My invention relates to new' and useful improvements in holders for supporting safety razor blades while stropping the same.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive form of holder which may be produced, from sheet metal, .by the employment of automatic machinery, and further to construct it so as to readily accommodate any form or size of blade, and finally so that the two parts of the holder may be folded one within the other to oocupy a small space when not in use.

With this and further objects in view as will hereinafter be set forth and become apparent, the invention comprises certain features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be more fully specified, designated and claimed in the detailed specification to follow and as will be fully understood from the accompanying and upon which- Figure 1 shows a drawings forming a part of this specification side elevation of my 1 improved form of safety razor blade holder complete, having a razor blade mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is a side edge view of the blade holder shown inFig. 1, the blade being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the blade holder as seen from the right of Fig. 2.

,Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view, taken on line H of Fig. 2, through the blade .and blade holding member.

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged edge view of the holder in a partially foldedposition, the blade supporting member being broken away and sprung open for the reception of a blade, and

Fig. 6 shows an enlarged view of the hinged portions of the holder as seen from the opposite side edge of that shown in Fig. 2. i

As will be noted from the accompanying drawings, the holder is formedrof two pieces of sheet metal and one rivet that pivotally connects the end portions of the two parts g Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 20, 1918. Serial No. 254:,d-97.

stropped. lit will also be apparent from the .construction of my holder that a safety razor blade may be inserted in the holder and the device used as for shaving in the same way that the old style razors are employed.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, 8 rep resents the handle portion of the holder, and

which as will be noted is formed of a single piece of sheet metal that is bent at 9 to form the two sides 10. The adjacent inner faces of these side portions are slightly concave to better form the longitudinal pocket 11. The free .end portions of this handle are deflected outward and bentin to form the bearing edges 12 and 13 that engage and bear against the sides of the blade holder. A detent lug 14 is formed on the end portion of one side of the handle while the end of the other side is provided with a cam 15 to engage the blade holding member and support the same as shown in Fig. 6.

A rivet 16 passes through this end portion of the handle and likewise through the pivotal endportion of the blade holder 17 as is clearly shown to hold the parts together.

18 represents a safety razor blade which may be of. any of the commercial patterns, as shown, or one of the several-types pro- The blade holder 17 is made of a strip of sheet metal and is bent back upon itself to form opposite parallel sides 19 between which the blade is clamped.

These side portions are also ooncaved inof the blade when clamped thereouter face of this end portion so that when the same is pressed down and the parts turned the forward end portion 20 of this handle will be engaged by the edge 13, and the lug It will engage the recess and yielda'bly retain the blade holder in alinement with the handle as indicated in Fig. 2. This free-endportion 13 of the handle obviously engages the yieldable member 20 When the handle is adjusted to aline with the blade holder and in any position other than at a right angle of one to the other. The part 14 is formed integral with the forward end portion of the handle and extends in slightly beyond the end 13 of the holder, as shown in Fig. 6, to torm a stop for the back edge of the long side 19, to prevent the blade holder from becoming displaced during the operation of stropping a blade.

From the foregoing description of the construction it will be apparent that in order to place a blade in position the handle and blade holder must fiISl)lJ6 adjusted at right angles to each other. This will free the end 20 of the blade holder and allow it to spring open for the insertion of a blade. A. blade is then placed between the two sides 19 19 and the tree end 20 of the holder is pressed down against the pivotal end and the handle turned so that the forward edge portion 13 will engage and ride up on the free end of the holder and retain it in its closed position. When the parts have been adjusted so as to aline one with the other as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the lug will drop into and engage the pivotal end of the holder to stifien and support the parts in that position and with relation to each other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. lln a safety razor blade holder, the com bination of a handle made of one piece of naeaeae sheet metal and folded together to form an elongated pocket and free end portions, a blade holding member also formed of one piece bent together to form two parallel clamping members, one end portion of the holding member being pivotally connected between the open ends of the handle and the other end of the holding member adapted to be engaged under one end of the handle to clamp a blade in the holder.

2. lln a safety razor blade holder, the combination of a handle portion formed of one piece of sheet metal and folded together to form a pocket, a blade holder including two parallel clamping members adapted to hold a blade therebetween, one end portion of the holding member being pivotally connected to the handle and the shorter member adapted to be engaged under the end of the handle to clamp a blade in the holder.

3. A safety razor blade holder formed of two pieces of metalpivotally connected together to form a handle and a blade holding member, each part being bent together midway of its length forming parallel side portions and free end portions, one end of the holding member being longer than the other and pivotally mounted between the ends of the handle member, the shorter end or the holding member being adapted to be engaged under the free end of the handle member to clamp the blade, a shoulder upon the handle member-t0 engage the blade holding member in a w ay to support the same and prevent it from turning upon its pivot. I

Si ned at Bridgeport in the county of l airheld and State of Connecticut this 14th day of September, A. 11)., 1918.

JUHN RAYCRUFT.

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